Chinese space exploration history exhibition kicks off in Beijing
By Global Times, Published: 2019-11-20 15:54:57
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Editor's Note:
An exhibition of China's space exploration history, starting from the launch of the first unmanned Shenzhou-1 spacecraft on November 20, 1999, kicked off in Beijing. The event chronicles notable events in China's space exploration history, like astronaut Yang Liwei entering the orbit aboard a Shenzhou-5 spacecraft, astronauts Nie Haisheng and Fei Junlong orbiting the Earth for five days aboard a Shenzhou-6 spacecraft, Chinese astronauts on board the Shenzhou 7 completing the first spacewalk.